James Linn

James Linn (1749-5 January 1821) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-NJ) from 4 March 1799 to 3 March 1801.

Biography
James Linn was born in Bedminster, Somerset County, New Jersey in 1749, and he became a lawyer in Trenton in 1772. He served in the Provincial Congress in 1776 and served as a captain in the Somerset County militia during the American Revolutionary War, after which he served in the General Assembly from 1790 to 1791, on the State Council from 1793 to 1797, in the US House of Representatives from 1799 to 1801, as Supervisor of the Revenue from 1801 to 1809, and as the Secretary of State of New Jersey from 1809 to 1820. He died in 1821.